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Occupy have provoked the intelligent debate so lacking in mainstream politics
For four months, the protestors at St Paul’s have provoked the sort of intelligent debate so lacking in mainstream politics today, write Friends of the Earth.
Is the government finally ‘getting it’ on industrial policy?
Tony Burke assesses Nick Clegg’s commitment to industrial policy, and asks whether it shows he’s getting better, or if it’s just all talk.
Nick Clegg’s letter to Lib Dem MPs and peers is just furious spin concealing NHS privatisation
Clegg praised the Labour's Lords health team for helping to ensure the NHS bill did not lead to privatisation. They insist the service is still under threat.
There’s no magic bullet to encourage integration
Nick Mickinski examines the government’s proposals to encourage integration of migrants.
QE3 should fund British SMEs, not the finance sector
David Merlin-Jones presents the case for a British investment bank, funded through the money 'printed' for quantitative easing; it will do far more good than simply buying gilts
The government’s got big plans for workfare – don’t expect them to back down easily
Izzy Koksal details the government’s overall plans for workfare, and shows that they have no intention of backing down without a fight.